For this meal, I used chicken thighs. The reason for this is I made half Chicken Thighs with Spinach and half this. So I was able to get by just getting one meat product. The original recipe calls for chicken tenders. However, I think if I were to make it again I would just use chicken breasts The first step is to rough chop the chicken as shown and apply salt and pepper.

Add cubed ham. I used ham steak and cut it up. WARNING: I just bought any other ham steak and to my dismay, when I got home I discovered this has sugar in it. Make sure to buy one without sugar. I used it anyway but I was really close to just pitching it because I eat a lot of vegetables and I really don’t want empty carbs.

Sprinkle with swiss cheese. Again, the original recipe called for cubed swiss, but I find that grated melts better. I hand grated it with a regular table top grater.

Here is the final result before baking. When you add the liquid over top, give it a stir to combine everything together. One note, for these massive, all week meals, I don’t use a standard 9×13 pan. The one shown is actually a 15″ x 10″ casserole dish.

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I made this tonight for work lunches next week. I notice you make mention of heating the cream cheese in the microwave but it’s not in the ingredients list. Looks and smells really good, I’m looking forward to lunch tomorrow!

I’m curious if the cooking time would be different if I used pre-cooked chicken breast? I work in a diner-type restaurant, and take home whatever chicken we don’t serve to customers. Do you think this would be doable?

I made this using your measurements exactly, but what I ended up with (maybe I can’t see it) had a lot of liquid in the pan. I tipped it to the side and drained it all out, but it wasn’t a solid casserole.

I just made this for lunches this week. Tastes pretty darn good. Was a little soupy like when I took it out of the oven, but I added in some broccoli florets and once it sat for a little bit it thickened right up.

I have the ingredients to make this for dinner tonight, could anyone that has made this successfully give me a pointer as to keeping the casserole a solid. It seems like most people who made it encountered a liquid issue.

The liquid is cooking out of the ham and raw chicken and into the casserole. Sear your chicken and ham first, drain, then bake. The cheese will still render a lot of oils but at least you won’t have a water/oil solution floating around in your casserole.

This will also give you an opportunity to spice your chicken and get a nice sear on it. For ease of clean up, sear in an oven-ready roasting pan for a 1-dish-meal.

I too had a lot of liquid in mine when it was done. I even cooked it longer but it didn’t help. Kind of ruined the dish for me. I wish I had read the comments first. I’m pretty bummed since it sounded so good.

I made this the first time and there was WAAAY too much fat from the chicken thighs. It was pretty much unedible.

The second time I cooked the chicken thighs (in a pot) and let the thighs cook in their own fat. Once cooked, I drained the fat.

After completing the recipe it came out MUCH better. It really depends on how lean your chicken is. If you have a lot of fat on your chicken you’re going to have to either render it down first or cut it off – in the pictures you can see there is a little bit of fat but for the most part it’s pretty lean. I’ve seen thighs that are a ridiculous amount of fat, so you just need to be aware of this.

Hey, thanks for this! This is one of my favorite dishes to make for 5 days! This week, i added mozzarella cheese, removed the ham, layered it with pepperoni instead and a bit of pizza sauce. It’s like meatzza casserole!! looking forward to a week of yummy food!

Another winner, absolutely fantastic. I noticed in the video the meat is precooked but in the step by step the casserole is put together raw. I precooked mine and it turn out great, not watery at all as mentioned in some comments.

I skipped one chicken breast and used chorizo instead. I also browned the ham with the chorizo to cook out a lot of the water added to the ham. Added a lot of flavor and turned out very tasty, but still a little rich to eat too much.